Jean-Pierre Melville
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 20, 1917
- Died
- August 2, 1973
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success. His works include the crime dramas Bob le flambeur (1956), Le Doulos (1962), Le Samouraï (1967), and Le Cercle Rouge (1970), and the war films Le Silence de la mer (1949) and Army of Shadows (1969). Melville's subject matter and approach to filmmaking was heavily influenced by his service in the French Resistance during World War II, during which he adopted the pseudonym 'Melville' as a tribute to his favorite American author Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over. His sparse, existentialist but stylish approach to film noir and later neo-noir films, many of them in the crime dramas, have been highly influential to future generations of filmmakers. Roger Ebert appraised him as "one of the greatest directors." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Pierre Melville, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Delon-Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs 2024
as Self (archive footage)
Les Rois de la comédie 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible 2022
Actor
Short Cuts : Le Cercle rouge de Jean-Pierre Melville 2021
Original Film Writer
Melville, le dernier samouraï 2020
as (archives)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Thlípsi 2018
Thanks
Lino Ventura, la part intime 2018
as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, le magnifique 2017
as Self (archive footage)
Melville-Delon: Honor and Night 2011
as Self (archive footage)
Code Name: Melville 2010
as Self (archive footage)
Their First Films 2004
Director
The Good Thief 2003
Original Film Writer
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999
Thanks
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante 1977
as Self (archive footage)
Un Flic 1972
Writer, Director
- Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses
Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses 1971
as Himself
Le Cercle Rouge 1970
Director, Editor, Writer
Army of Shadows 1969
Screenplay, Director
Le Samouraï 1967
Director, Screenplay
Le Deuxième Souffle 1966
Writer, Director
- Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle 1966
as Self - Interviewee
Magnet of Doom 1963
Dialogue, Screenplay, Director
Bluebeard 1963
as Clemenceau's Aide
Le Doulos 1962
Director, Screenplay
Le Combat dans l'île 1962
as Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)
Sign of the Lion 1962
as Un Consommateur (uncredited)
Léon Morin, Priest 1961
Director, Writer
Breathless 1960
as Parvulesco the Writer
Two Men in Manhattan 1959
as Moreau, Director, Writer
A Girl in a Pocket 1957
as Commissioner
Bob le Flambeur 1956
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer
When You Read This Letter 1953
Director, Producer
Orpheus 1950
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Strange Ones 1950
Director, Writer, Producer, Production Design
The Silence of the Sea 1949
Adaptation, Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Editor
24 Hours in the Life of a Clown 1946
as Narrator (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
Credits from TMDB.